Worldwide: Energy and Natural Resources

Bob Brewer, Braumiller Law Group is joined by Victoria Holmes of the Dispatch to cover an update on the Strait of Hormuz and trade volatility.

Bob Brewer is joined by Victoria Holmes from The Dispatch for Part 2 of their discussion on the Strait of Hormuz.

Multiple states are expanding and tightening their cap-and-trade programs to regulate greenhouse gas emissions as federal climate regulation retreats, creating market volatility and raising concerns about economic impacts and competitive pressures.

Bob Brewer, Braumiller Law Group is joined by Victoria Holmes of the Dispatch to cover an update on the Strait of Hormuz and trade volatility.

With nuclear power re-emerging as a critical piece of the clean energy transition, Adam Banack shares how small modular reactors are moving from concept to deployable infrastructure.

U.S. wholesale electricity prices surged dramatically in 2025, with increases of up to 62% in major markets driven by rising natural gas costs, capacity constraints, and surging demand from data centers and electrification.

The previous alert in this series traced the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or the Commission) regulatory trajectory from the Talen Order through the pending Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on large-load interconnection (the DOE Rulemaking Proposal), a progression from rejection to structured accommodation in just 18 months.

The first two alerts in this series traced the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or the Commission) regulatory trajectory and the political economy now shaping data center power. This alert turns to the structuring question that sits at the center of every behind-the-meter generation and co-located load transaction serving data centers (collectively, BTM): how to design an arrangement that achieves the developer’s commercial objectives while managing, or, where the project configuration permits, avoiding FERC jurisdiction.

In the past 18 months, the federal regulatory posture toward data center power has moved from outright rejection to active rulemaking.

Federal agencies are deploying equity and equity-linked capital instruments across the critical minerals sector, fundamentally reshaping how mining and processing projects are capitalized, governed and exited. This structural shift introduces new considerations for sponsors and strategic investors navigating transactions where national security priorities intersect with private capital formation.

President Trump has invoked Defense Production Act authorities to support energy infrastructure deemed essential to national defense, covering grid components, natural gas systems, coal supply chains, and petroleum capacity. The determinations create a legal pathway for the Department of Energy to deploy financial support mechanisms, though their practical impact will depend on funding availability and implementation decisions. The move has sparked debate over whether emergency authority is being appropriat

On May 1, the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, more than 25 years in the making, will take effect on a provisional basis.